[NBLUG/talk] RH9 -> Fedora Core...
Scott Doty
scott at sonic.net
Sat Nov 22 09:17:01 PST 2003
On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 12:10:24AM -0800, ME wrote:
> Mark Street said:
> > I just went from RH9 to Fedora Core on my Dell Inspiron 5100 in a little
> > over
> > 1 hour. Performed an upgrade right over RH9 running Ximian 2 Desktop. No
> > problems other than having to UNinstall galeon web browser to have yum do
> > its
> > updates. Installed the wireless drivers and recompiled my broadcomm
> > onboard
> > NIC driver and I'm done in less than 2 hours.
>
> Very cool stuff! This would be a case where RedHat has an example of a
> smooth transition in major revision upgrade. (It is good to hear they are
> doing much better in this area and making it easier for users to upgrade.)
I had no problems going from RH 8 to 9 -- will try going to FC1 this
weekend. (Mark's report gives me the confidence to do so! Thanks, Mark. :)
-Scott
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